3 GREATEST SPIRITUAL VALUES

Your passage is well-written overall, but I can help refine some grammar and make a few adjustments for clarity: “A farmer expects rain, but it may turn out to be a dry season. A traveler expects sunny weather during a trip abroad, but it might turn out to be a rainy week the entire trip. […]

by Bhavani Sundaram - February 27, 2024, 6:49 am

Your passage is well-written overall, but I can help refine some grammar and make a few adjustments for clarity:
“A farmer expects rain, but it may turn out to be a dry season.
A traveler expects sunny weather during a trip abroad, but it might turn out to be a rainy week the entire trip.
Some of the hardest lessons we learn in life come from facing disappointments we didn’t expect.
Some people come out of them in a bitter manner, while others become better.
Some become bitter and get pulled into the blame game. They blame the stars, their luck, or most of the people or situations in their life.

Others become better by understanding a few realities of life and gain the three greatest spiritual virtues:
1. To have the endurance to accept what they can’t change. They can’t change the past or sometimes the external conditions which are out of their hands.
2. To have the courage to change what they can. They may not be able to change atmospheric conditions, but they can be scientifically innovative to invent systems that can give them better forecasts.
3. To have the wisdom to know the difference between the two. Yet whatever happens, they don’t play the blame game.

WHY DO WE KEEP SEARCHING FOR GOD OUTSIDE WHEN GOD RESIDES WITHIN EACH OF US
Apart from looking for perfection in the task at hand by being meticulous about the specifications, the old phrase ‘God is in the details’ also means that if you search deep enough, you will be able to discover the presence of the divine in the ordinary.
Instead of searching for miracles beyond the clouds, let’s look for the miracles in the smiles that are all around us. The extraordinary lies in the ordinary.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. says: ‘Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the big ones.’
Go for a hike and sit near the waterfall listening to the sound of the water. Close your eyes, smell the salt in the waves when you’re at the beach, or feel the softness of the hands you touch and the tears you wipe.

All are precious instances with God’s presence in every moment, but we’re missing out on the divinity, searching for it in some idea in a presumptuous, shadowy imagination.
And that doesn’t mean that the divine is only in the relaxed moments of life. No. When you’re there, engaged in the workplace, dealing with clients, treating your patients, finding solutions to problems, think of the people who built temples and pyramids that stand as magnificent marvels of architecture. They did it with devotion to the divine, but their work itself became a symbol of divinity. So never run away from your life to search for life elsewhere. God is now, God is here.”